9:00 – 9:15 Registration & coffee

9:15 – 9:20 Welcome addresses

 

9:20 – 10:00 Keynote lecture session:

Chair: Professor Marzenna Anna Weresa

 

Keynote Speakers:

 

 

 

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break

 

10:15 – 11:30 SESSION I. Innovation as a Driver of Competitiveness

Chair: Professor Günter Heiduk

 

Speakers:

 

Poland’s Competitiveness in 2010-2015 - Presentation of the 2016 Edition of “Poland. Competitiveness Report”, Professor Marzenna Weresa, World Economy Research Institute, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

 

Real Economic Convergence and Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Central and Eastern European Countries, Professor Mariusz Próchniak, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

 

Strategic Priorities of Knowledge-based Economic Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness in a Regional Context, Dr. Balazs Laki, Corvinus University of Budapest,

Hungary

 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the UK, Professor Lynn Martin Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

 

11:30– 11:45 Coffee break

 

11:45 – 12:45 SESSION II. Institutional Drivers of Competitiveness: A Comparative Perspective

Chair: Professor Ryszard Rapacki

 

Speakers:

 

Evolution of the Polish Model of Capitalism and the Changing Pattern of Institutional Comparative Advantage, Dr. Piotr Maszczyk, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

 

Varieties of Residential Capitalism in Poland and the CEE countries, Dr. Adam Czerniak, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

 

Chicago Cancer Health Collaborative: Bridging Institutions to Improve Access, Increase Opportunity and Improve Community Health, Professor Christina Ciecierski, Northeastern Illinois University, USA

 

12:45 – 13:30 Lunch

 

13:30 – 15:00 SESSION III. The Role of Internationalization in Shaping Competitive Advantages

Chair: Dr. Tomasz Napiórkowski

 

Speakers:

 

Technological Intensity of Foreign Trade. A Comparative Analysis of Mid-Tech and High-Tech Trade of Visegrad Countries (V4), Professor Bartosz Michalski, Wrocław Economic University, Poland

 

Future Perspectives of BMW Using Open and Reverse Innovation in China, Dr. Nikola Zivlak and Sunnyi Maria Braun, Center of International Programs, Donghua University, Shanghai, China

 

Transnational Corporations as the Driving Forces Behind the Global Technological Progress in Terms of R&D Expenditure, Dr. Kamil Kraj, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

 

Does Social Inducement Lead to Higher Open Source Innovation Investment? An Experimental Study, Dr. Guanzhong Yang and Shuanping Dai, IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany

 

15:00 – 15:30 Tea & coffee break

 

15:30 – 17:15 SESSION IV. Pre-requisites of Knowledge-Based Competitiveness

Chair: Professor Arkadiusz Kowalski

 

Speakers:

 

Responsible Competitiveness, Innovations and new Trends in Reflection on Sustainable and Integral Development in XXI Century. From Knowledge-based to Wisdom-based economy? Professor Tomasz Dołęgowski, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

 

Social Capital as a Catalyst for Innovation and Sustainability of a Cluster: A Comparative Study of the Aerospace Clusters in the United States and Poland, professor Zbigniew Bochniarz, University of Washington, Seattle, USA & Koźmiński University, Poland and Dr. Emilia Barbara Sienko-Kolakowska, Szkoła Wyższa w Kielcach, Poland, Katherine Faoro University of Washington, Seattle, USA, and Grzegorz Pisarczyk, Institute of Effective Clusters, Rzeszow, Poland

 

Integrated Planning of the Value Chain for Developing Innovative Product-Service Systems in the Framework of Cross-Industry Meta-Cluster Initiatives, Professor Stelian Brad, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

 

Technology Parks in Poland as an Element of the Public Proinnovation Policy, Professor Leszek Kwieciński and Professor Marek Wróblewski, Institute of International Studies, University of Wroclaw

 

Regulatory Stimulation for Required Innovation in the Banking Industry, Professor Stanisław Kasiewicz, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

 

17:15- 17:30 Conclusions